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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1947
Page
2
Cloudy weather returns with more rain and hail possible tonight as warmth returns. The piece weaves in notes on Highlanders in the Far East, fashion trends, a tornado photo debate, and several pet-recovery notices. Letters to Mr Tack discuss marriage, gender roles, and comic dress remarks alongside a long market section.
Swift and Company proposes renovations to its ice cream plant at 2000 West Sixth. Work includes removal of partitions, alterations to ice cream vaults, and addition of washrooms for employees.
Air express shipments handled at LaGuardia Field New York during the first quarter of 1947 show a 273 percent gain over the same period in 1946. The rise reflects increased air cargo activity and business during the year’s early months.
After a 10 day trial over a Greenville lynching, jurors returned a not guilty verdict amid claims of northern meddling. Court officials fortified the scene as defendants and families faced a hostile crowd. Proponents urged federal anti lynching action while witnesses described threats and violence surrounding the case.
The 48 hour walkout by rail unions in May 1946 ended when President Truman threatened Army enforcement. He imposed an 18 1/2 cent hourly raise and kept working rules unchanged for one year. The year ends Sunday May 25. The unions never cancelled strike votes and plan to resume when the year ends.
The Amparo and Jose Iturbi concert at Municipal Auditorium will offer standing room tonight from 7 until 8:30 PM. Tickets, long sold out, are limited and available at the box office. The duo traveled by private plane to Amarillo after missing El Paso last night and will perform again Friday in El Paso.
President Truman pledges aid funds will not benefit any particular group and orders ambassadors in Greece and Turkey to begin immediate negotiations with their governments for fund expenditure. He seeks March 12 disbursement to curb Communist influence in the Near and Middle East and plans to appoint a program administrator soon.
Ticket deadline for the second wholesale trade development trip is 5 p m tomorrow announced by Bob Howle chair of the chamber commerce committee. John Armstrong heads the ticket sale sub committee. The Fort Worth and Denver special train departs Amarillo at 8 30 am Monday with stops at Claude Lelia Lake Hedley Memphis Childress overnight in Childress and return via Wellington Shamrock Lefors Pampa White Deer Panhandle Borger. The group will be accompanied by the Buffalo band and follows a successful four state tour.
President Truman announced the appointment of former Democratic Representative Emmet O'Neal of Kentucky as ambassador to the Philippines. The move expands U S diplomatic posts as the Philippines continues its postwar status.
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